Opposition Congress in Odisha is planning to stage a demonstration in front of the office of the Director General of Police here on March 4 to protest what they called ?unlawful arrest of youth leaders in connection with hurling eggs at Chief Minister's convoy on February 19 at Bhubaneswar.

The day-long shutdown called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest against the ban on the entry of its top leader Pravin Togadia hit normal life in Odisha`s Kandhamal district Saturday, police said.

Denied permission by the Odisha government to visit communally sensitive Kandhamal district, VHP president Praveen Togadia on Friday clarified that he was not against the minorities but would continue to speak in favour of his Hindu brothers and sisters.

Expecting a footfall of about 50 lakh devotees during the Nabakalebar festival of Lord Jagannath in July, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday geared up the administration and asked it to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) in order to avoid any untoward incident.

Ahead of the presentation of the railway budget in parliament Thursday, Odisha state BJP leaders Monday requested Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to introduce two new trains that will improve rail connectivity in Odisha.

The headmaster of as school at Benapalli in Odisha's Ganjam district was arrested for allegedly outraging modesty of a Class VIII student in the school about three months ago, the police said on Sunday.

Odisha Assembly today witnessed pandemonium and was adjourned several times with the Congress MLAs protesting police action against students and youth leaders of the party for their alleged involvement in the egg hurling and black flag demonstration before the chief minister's cavalcade.

The Orissa High Court on Thursday asked state Vigilance Directorate to submit before it in a sealed cover the preliminary inquiry report based on which an FIR was registered against former DGP Prakash Mishra who is now DG of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).